A hit-and-run driver caused a crash involving three cars and one
semi-truck, that closed both eastbound lanes of Highway 152 for
nine hours Sunday afternoon and evening.
No one was injured in the accident, but two of the cars and the
semi-truck were badly damaged.
Gilroy – A hit-and-run driver caused a crash involving three cars and one semi-truck, that closed both eastbound lanes of Highway 152 for nine hours Sunday afternoon and evening.
No one was injured in the accident, but two of the cars and the semi-truck were badly damaged.
Victor Chavez, 25, of San Jose, who the California Highway Patrol believes caused the crash, fled the scene but was later stopped by CHP officers out of San Jose, said Officer Matt Ramirez of the Gilroy CHP office. He was not arrested, but could face misdemeanor hit-and-run charges for damaging property.
Chavez was driving westbound on Pacheco Pass, about 16 miles east of Gilroy and three miles east of Casa de Fruta, when he struck 2001 Chevy truck while passing. The collision caused the pick-up to spin and veer across the left lane, through the median divider, and into oncoming eastbound traffic. A 2001 Ford car in the first lane slammed on the brakes and swerved to the left, avoiding the pick-up, and a semi-truck in the second lane tried to do the same.
The pick-up and semi-truck collided, over turning the truck where it remained for nine hours until it was towed.
